Bury My Bones Chords by Whiskey Myers
Tempo:
63.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] [G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[E] [G] I ride my mother, [D] tell her that I love her but my soul's gone [E] home.
And take my vessel [G] to Anderson County, [D] drive real slow and take [Em] the long way [E] home.
[Em] Tell my kin to [F#m] pick up [G] a shovel, [D] wrestle that sugar sand [Em] and bury my bones.
Won't you bury my bones [Bm] beneath these [G] pines?
When [D] it comes time for you [Em] to bury my bones.
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [G]
Don't [E] call me no funeral.
[G] Sister, don't cry.
[D] Saw that fiddle brother [Em] pass that shine deep down in the hollow.
[G] Pick the tallest pine, [D] dig it real deep where the [Em] roof stood.
Smile, cross the Red River.
[G] Well, it opens wide [D] to hear one's tears through the chalked-off [Em] side.
Follow my trail to a [G] self-stone.
And [D] gather my body when you [G] bury my bones.
Won't you [Em] bury my bones?
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D]
Yeah, [C] if I die, I'll [G] ride my mother, [D] tell her that I love her but my [Em] soul's gone home.
And [C] take me back to [G] Anderson County, [D] drive real slow and take the long way home.
And [C] tell my kin to [G] pick [D] up a vessel, wrestle that sugar sand and [Em] bury my bones.
[C] Bury my bones [G] beneath these pines.
When [D] it comes time.
If [Em] I die, [G] oh.
[D] [Em] If I die, [G] oh.
[D] [Em]
Yeah, I'll go home.
[G] [D] [Em] [G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[E] [G] [D] [Em]
[F#] [G] [D] [G] [E]
[Em]
[Em] [G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[E] [G] I ride my mother, [D] tell her that I love her but my soul's gone [E] home.
And take my vessel [G] to Anderson County, [D] drive real slow and take [Em] the long way [E] home.
[Em] Tell my kin to [F#m] pick up [G] a shovel, [D] wrestle that sugar sand [Em] and bury my bones.
Won't you bury my bones [Bm] beneath these [G] pines?
When [D] it comes time for you [Em] to bury my bones.
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [G]
Don't [E] call me no funeral.
[G] Sister, don't cry.
[D] Saw that fiddle brother [Em] pass that shine deep down in the hollow.
[G] Pick the tallest pine, [D] dig it real deep where the [Em] roof stood.
Smile, cross the Red River.
[G] Well, it opens wide [D] to hear one's tears through the chalked-off [Em] side.
Follow my trail to a [G] self-stone.
And [D] gather my body when you [G] bury my bones.
Won't you [Em] bury my bones?
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D]
Yeah, [C] if I die, I'll [G] ride my mother, [D] tell her that I love her but my [Em] soul's gone home.
And [C] take me back to [G] Anderson County, [D] drive real slow and take the long way home.
And [C] tell my kin to [G] pick [D] up a vessel, wrestle that sugar sand and [Em] bury my bones.
[C] Bury my bones [G] beneath these pines.
When [D] it comes time.
If [Em] I die, [G] oh.
[D] [Em] If I die, [G] oh.
[D] [Em]
Yeah, I'll go home.
[G] [D] [Em] [G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em]
[E] [G] [D] [Em]
[F#] [G] [D] [G] [E]
[Em]
Key:
G
D
Em
E
C
G
D
Em
[Em] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] [G] I ride my mother, [D] tell her that I love her but my soul's gone [E] home.
And take my vessel [G] to Anderson County, [D] drive real slow and take [Em] the long way [E] home.
[Em] Tell my kin to [F#m] pick up [G] a shovel, [D] wrestle that sugar sand [Em] and bury my bones.
Won't you bury my bones [Bm] beneath these [G] pines?
When [D] it comes time for you [Em] to bury my bones.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G]
Don't [E] call me no funeral.
[G] Sister, don't cry.
[D] Saw that fiddle brother [Em] pass that shine deep down in the hollow.
[G] Pick the tallest pine, [D] dig it real deep where the [Em] roof stood.
Smile, cross the Red River.
[G] Well, it opens wide [D] to hear one's tears through the chalked-off [Em] side.
Follow my trail to a [G] self-stone.
And [D] gather my body when you [G] bury my bones.
Won't you [Em] bury my bones?
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
Yeah, [C] if I die, I'll [G] ride my mother, [D] tell her that I love her but my [Em] soul's gone home.
And [C] take me back to [G] Anderson County, [D] drive real slow and take the long way home.
And [C] tell my kin to [G] pick [D] up a vessel, wrestle that sugar sand and [Em] bury my bones.
[C] Bury my bones [G] beneath these pines.
When [D] it comes time.
If [Em] I die, [G] oh.
_ [D] _ [Em] If I die, [G] oh.
_ [D] _ _ [Em]
Yeah, I'll go home.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] [G] I ride my mother, [D] tell her that I love her but my soul's gone [E] home.
And take my vessel [G] to Anderson County, [D] drive real slow and take [Em] the long way [E] home.
[Em] Tell my kin to [F#m] pick up [G] a shovel, [D] wrestle that sugar sand [Em] and bury my bones.
Won't you bury my bones [Bm] beneath these [G] pines?
When [D] it comes time for you [Em] to bury my bones.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G]
Don't [E] call me no funeral.
[G] Sister, don't cry.
[D] Saw that fiddle brother [Em] pass that shine deep down in the hollow.
[G] Pick the tallest pine, [D] dig it real deep where the [Em] roof stood.
Smile, cross the Red River.
[G] Well, it opens wide [D] to hear one's tears through the chalked-off [Em] side.
Follow my trail to a [G] self-stone.
And [D] gather my body when you [G] bury my bones.
Won't you [Em] bury my bones?
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
Yeah, [C] if I die, I'll [G] ride my mother, [D] tell her that I love her but my [Em] soul's gone home.
And [C] take me back to [G] Anderson County, [D] drive real slow and take the long way home.
And [C] tell my kin to [G] pick [D] up a vessel, wrestle that sugar sand and [Em] bury my bones.
[C] Bury my bones [G] beneath these pines.
When [D] it comes time.
If [Em] I die, [G] oh.
_ [D] _ [Em] If I die, [G] oh.
_ [D] _ _ [Em]
Yeah, I'll go home.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _